by Shannon Heaton | Jun 11, 2019 | IMS Podcast
Shannon Heaton’s show about trad music and dance, and the bigger stories behind Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. Was Robert Burns cooking up exciting new stuff when he wrote, “the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley?” Visit...
by Shannon Heaton | May 14, 2019 | IMS Podcast
Shannon Heaton’s show about trad music and dance, and the bigger stories behind Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. How do visual artists paint trad? And how do they capture the sounds and feelings—and the bigger stories behind Irish music and dance—in...
by Shannon Heaton | Apr 15, 2019 | IMS Podcast
Shannon Heaton’s show about trad music and dance, and the bigger stories behind Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. What happens when songs are written with the backdrop of moss covered trees, hillside cottages, and ravens on top of stone walls? And...
by Shannon Heaton | Apr 9, 2019 | IMS Podcast
What happens when ‘trad’ musicians are ALSO fluent in non Celtic traditions? When you’re dealing with cultural traditions (with all the music and the community and social expectations), how do you manage without fumbling or getting sacked? Host Shannon Heaton explores...
by Shannon Heaton | Mar 12, 2019 | IMS Podcast
If traditional acts like Brittany’s Kornog and Ireland’s Riverdance hadn’t hit U.S. stages, where would traditional music and dance be today? Still around? More obscure? Less diluted? Here’s an exploration of what happens when what’s being sold is…...
